Toy



G. F. ROWE.

TOY.

man NOV. 10, 1921.

Feb. 13, 1923.

2 SHEETSSHEET I- I Feb. 13, 1923. 1,444,853.

G F. ROWEL T OY.

FILED NOV. I0, I921.

"2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented ela l3, T9239 w ,Vu

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Application filed November 153, 1921. Serial f ll 25375.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I. Gnoncn 'li'nnrrors Rowe, a subject or" the I 5 Great Britai resident of Canada, have invented certain new an in! improvements in Toys, of which t-L lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to ir 'ovements in toys, and more particularly to n in that class of toy compris horses and the like.

The objects or" the hive on are to provide an inexpensive and practical toy, which rocking will, not only be a source oi'amusement, out i will also constitute means whereby healthy bodily exercise may he obtained without any risk. in other words an instructive plaything' that will provi Le" health and en oyment for children at a minimum expense.

A further object is to provide a toy of this character that will produce in action the several movements at a horse centering, thereby imparting to the rider unconsciously a pre liminary knowled e of how to ride.

l Vith these and other objects in w, herematter more fully referred to, the invention consists essentially of a saddled toy horse with a swivel-mounted tore part provided with separate front wheels for the rore legs and having the hind legs mounted on a crank shaft carried by a pair of hind or rear wheels, spring actuated sup-porting means for said toy, and means thereon i-crresting the feet of the rider, and means iorguiding and turning the fore part as required.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate correspond ing parts in each figure, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section.

Figure 2 is a rear end view.

Figure 3 is a plan View, showing means of attaching the rear wheels'to the body of the toy.

igure lis a fragmentary front view.

Figure 5 is an enlarged ri'agmentary plan view of the swivel turning means for the fore-part;

Figure 6 is a side elevation of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary elevation of an alternative form of the supporting means.

Figure 8 is a plan view of the same.

In the drawings:

A is a toy horse comprising a body portion 10 including the fore part 11 and the arovementsi hind part 12', provided with fixedly secured "fore legs 13 and pivot-ally secured hind legs 14.. The tore part .ll is securely mounted to turn horizontally in any required direction and, to this end, is provided with swivel plates 1.5 and 16 fixedly secured within the top and loot-tom, respectively, of the body portion adjacent to the ne'clr. These plates iorined with circular extensions centrally apertured l7 and adapted to fit snugly in pera-tive contact with each end of a vertically extending tubular extension 17 on .5

lie fore part 11, and to be pivotally held in eIngagenient therewith by means of a securin pin extendingthrough said plates and through said tubular extension 17% '18 and 19 are. the front and rear wheels in the form of my invention as illustrated, on the former of which are'pivotally mounted the forelegs l3, the pivotally mounted hind legs 14 being loosely mounted on a crank 20 of ashait 21 wheels 19.

22 is body supporting member bifurcated at its lower end to be loosely secured on the shaft 21,- and formed with a flat portion 22 at the other end adapted to be secured on the underneath portion of the body 10 at 23.

As shown in Figure 7, an alternative form of this support includes the: member 24 provided with a spiral spring 25, which may he used if desired to give more resiliency.

26 is a suitable saddle or seat, and 27 are loot rests carried by the i'orelegs 13 adapted for the feet of the rider to rest upon. 28 is a bridle with guiding reins 29 adapted in combination with'the riders feet on the rests 27 to operate the swivel-mounted fore part 11 to turn said fore in any required direction.

having keyed thereto the hind From the foregoing, it will be readily seen I automatically started by the rider getting on it at the top of an incline, but the simplest way, and one that applicant generally uses under ordinary conditlons, is for the rider to get on the horse, and then start the horse by giving it a. slight forward push, when it will travel afterwards more satisfactory and with great pleasure to the rider, imparting at the same time an upend-downmoveiment eorre sponding to a considerable extent to the natural movements of a horse.

To further intensify the realization of riding a live horse, the rider of my toy with the feet pressed on the fore rests 27, will bring the knees on each side of the swivel operated fore part 11, and by using the knees in CO-OiJeIffitiOZ-l with. the handling of the reins the toy head can he guided or turned in any reouired direction.

It will, tlizereif re, be seen that the user of my toy will experience in less-er degree, all the pleasure, benefit and movement associated with horse riding.

As many changes eonldbe made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention Within theseope or" the claims, constructed Without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the aeeompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

hat Iolaim as my invention is:

1. A toy comprising a. horse-shaped body portion having an operatively mounted forepart with fixedly secured fore legs provided menses with a front Wheel, pivotally secured hind loosely mounted one. crank-shaft keyed to pair of Wheels adapted to form the rear wheels, spring actuated supporting member mounted'o n said shaft and engaging said.

body portion underneath, means on the front legs for supporting the riders feet, and seat ing means on the top of the body portion adapted for the rider, and means for guiding the tore-part.

A toy comprising a horse shaped body portion having a swivel-mounted fore part provided with a. fore wheel and p-ivoztally supported hind legs mounted on a crankshaft provided with rear Wheels, spring supporting means connecting the shaft and the body portion seating means on the top of the body.

3. toy comprising a horse-shaped body provided with a sw1vel-jointed forepart having fore legs mounted on a Wheel and hind legs mounted an a crank shaft carried W. T. Currn REMI. 

